Bedford Avenue & Putnam Avenue

Bedford Avenue and Putnam Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 209 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. John Hancock Playground is 320 feet away, and New Canaan Baptist Church is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Bedford Av/Putnam Av · B44
Within a walk
22 places
13 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Putnam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,060 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S
  2. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Putnam Av, 50 feet away, for the B44.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Putnam Av B44
    50 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Bedford Ave 27 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 209 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 160th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,952 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 63 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1880 and 1882.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Academy High School
    780 feet
  2. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    810 feet
  3. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Hancock Playground
    320 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    1,240 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    880 feet
  3. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Putnam Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.